Sunday, February 10, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - FEBRUARY 10TH

1920 - Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball.
1924 - Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators).
1925 - AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year.
1961 - AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego.
1968 - Peggy Fleming wins Olympic Figure Skating gold medal, Grenoble, France.
1969 - LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94.
1971 - Bill White becomes first black baseball announcer (NY Yankees).
1975 - William "Judy" Johnson selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1989 - To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition 
and not a sport, in a NJ court.
1992 - Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics first gold medal for USA.
1992 - Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana.
1998 - Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery.

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